Minimum sparking potential for various gases

Vs min pd at Vs min
Gas
[V] [torr cm]
Air 327 (352) 0.567(0.55)
Ar 137 0.9
H2 273 1.15
Ne (245) (4.0)
He 156 (155) 4.0
CO2 420 0.51 (0.57)
N2 251 (240) 0.67 (0.65)
N2O 418 0.5
O2 450 0.7
SF6 (507) (0.26)
SO2 457 0.33
H2S 414 0.6
H2O vapor [480] [0.6]

data from Naidu, p.27

(data) from High Voltage Engineering, C. L.

Wadhwa, Table 1.1, p. 13

[data] from Electrical Breakdown in Water Vapor

November 2011, Physical Review E 84(5 Pt 2):055401, DOI:  10.1103/PHYSREVE.84.055401

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